The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-05-04
HOME AND FARM.

Keep your fowls up on stormy
days, but give them something to
scratch.
Ducks, after commencing to lay,
drop one egg regularly every twenty
four hours, almost Invariably after
night.
-Unsparing use of borax under car
pets, in corners and closets, will, it is
said, soon conquer the buffalo MOTH
NJ Y Tribune.
If your hens feed on the manure
pile and drink barnyard water, don't
expect eggs with a delicious flavor
Cincinnati Times.
"A merlno sheep will get fat in
three months of good feeding. 1t will
not be thick on the rib, for this is not
the nature of the merino.
TO wash dishes without putting
the hands in the water, make mop
OF cord or Irvine with wooden handle
about foot long. -National Tiey.
OF all the geraniums, be sure and
have some of the scented-leaf ones.
They are thrifty growers and are never
bothered by insects of any description.
When so many farmers hang or
strip tobacco in their barns is it not
wonder that moro stock do not vomit
from swallowing the leaves among the
hay ?-Connecticut Farmer.
Brown Flour, for Browning GRAY.
les: Put some flour in pan over the
fire, stirring it constantly to keep it
from burning; when well Drowned put
it in drcdging-box, and keep for the
browning of ordinary gravies.
The Importance of microbes to the
growth of plants has been practically
demonstrated by M. Laurent, who OBJ
tanned only one-fourth as much buck
wheat from sterilized mould as in soil
containing bacteria. Golden Rasle.
Several years ago buried lot OF
cabbage in Scotland for more than
year. I then offered it to fowls and
ducks, and was surprised to find how
much they ate. 1t seems more suita-
BILE silage for fowls than grass silage.
and Farm.
1t requires practice and close at
tention to all the details in order to
produce two tubs of butter alike in
quality. A change in the kind of food
given the COWS will alter the character
OF the product, as may be noticed when
wild onions are eaten. The most care.
full consideration should be given the
feed, and next the cleanliness of the
stalls. st. Louis Republican.
Sage Pudding: One cupful of sa-
60 soaked in cold water until soft. Add |
four quarts of scalded milk, sweeten to
taste, and add little salt. Let it cool, |
and when ready to put in the oven,
stir in three well beaten eggs, but do
not stir the mixture after it sets. Bake
three quarters of an hour. Flavor to
taste. Tapioca same as sage, only use
i've eggs. -Mother' s Magazine.
Once week during dry weather,
t sulphur and powdered charcoal be
mixed with soft food for the young
it serves as an admirable
cleanser OF the stomach; it saves them
rom becoming crop bound; it aids di-
sestion very materially and assists to
Keep away lice; for the sulphur per-
neates the whole body and works out
vardly through the skin pores. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Swedish Rolls: Seven cups of flour,
me pint of milk boiled. When cool.
i'd one-half cup of butter, one-quar-
er cup sugar, one egg, one-half com.
PRESSED yeast cake. For tea set them
o rise at eight o'clock in the morning.
1t 3p. m. roll them out about an inch
hick; put a small piece of butter on
ne side; fold them in halves; put
hem in your pan little apart, and let
hem rise till time to bake for tea
'oston Budget
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